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A Good Catholic
I# a Well-
Informed Catholic
Vol. IV, No. 38
The importance of religion
tn education was emphasized
by Bishop Ready Sunday as he
dedicated the new 900-pupil
Bishop Watterson High School.
Asserting that America’s
greatness and the dignity of
free institutions rest upon re
ligion, Bishop Ready declared:
“We must stop Riving lip service
to the place of religion in our na
tional life 01 'top the blasphemy
against God of denying the youth
in our tax-supported schools a
knowledge of Him and His law.”
He continued:
"Such schools cannot fulfill
their duty to our country if they
continue to send out whole class
es of religiously destitute young
sters. The founding fathers of
this nation did not foresee the
time when millions of American
families would neglect, ignore or
forfeit the Christian education
of their children."
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Two special Masses, a dedi
cation ceremony, open house
and a dinner for clergy are
scheduled Sunday and Monday
as St. Augustine parish cele
brates the opening of a new
$237,100 brick and stone
church.
Bishop Ready will bless the
new church, situated at Hud
son St. and Greenwich Ave. in
dedication ceremonies scheduled
at 11 a. m. Sunday. Afterward the
bishop will be the celebrant at a
Pontifical Ixiw Mass the first
Mass to be offered in the new
edifice.
Assisting Bishop Ready will be
Father John Byrne, C.PP.S., pastor
of St. James parish, and Father
Clement Faistl. pastor of St Ga
briel parish. Both of these par-,
Watterson High School Dedicated
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Bishop Ready is shown in the top photo blessing one of the 300-foot long corridors in the new
Bishop Watterson High School which was dedicated Sunday. Assisting him are Father John E. Byrne,
C.PP.S, pastor of St. James (at left), and Father George Kennedy, pastor of St. Agatha's Church (at
right). The spacious brick north side school will have a freshman-sophomore enrollment of approxi
mately 350 in September, and will graduate its first class in June, 1958. Part of the crowd of clergy,
religious and laity is pictured in the bottom photo above, at the ceremonies. The rites took place in
the school's expansive gymnasium, which has two bosketball courts and seats 1600. The co-educational
school is the first of two high schools to be built in Columbus with funds raised in the Diocesan Develop
ment drive in 1953.
Quoting the American Council
on Education in a 1953 report, Bish
op Ready stressed:
“Silence in the schools about re
ligion creates the impression in
the minds of the young that re
ligion is unimportant and has noth
ing to contribute to the solution of
the perennial and ultimate prob
lems of human life.”
The bishop also pointed out that
it is a misnomer to term a Catholic
school a private school system
which renders no public service.
He asserted.
"A non-profit, private institu
tion of charity, of education, of
scientific research, of health, is
an institution for public service.
Our non-profit, private education
al system. wSich has thousands
of schools and millions of stu
dents. is a de jure component
of the American educational sys
tem and responds to the belief
of American citizens who, as par
ents, believe, not on religious
grounds alone but on grounds of
Dedication Rites Set for St. Augustine Church
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ishes were a part of St. Augustine
parish when it was organized near
ly 28 years ago.
Father Francis Maloney of St.
John Vianney Seminary, Steuben
ville. a native son of the parish,
will give the sermon. Msgr. Roland
T. Winel, chancellor of the dio
cese. will serve as master of cere
monies!
Following the Mass, a dinner for
clergy will be served in the school
annex.
Open house in the parish hall
will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. follow
ed by Solemn Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament in the new
church. The celebrant will be Fa
ther Earl Holtzapel, pastor of St.
Augustine’s. Two former assistant
priests of the parish will assist
Father Holtzapel. Father Herman
Crock, pastor of St. Bernard par-j
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public welfare as well, that edu
cation should not be divorced
from formal religious instruc
tion."
Bishop Ready paid tribute to the
people of Columbus and Franklin
County who made the new high
school possible by their generosity
and work in the Diocesan Develop
ment drive of 1953. In particular,
he cited E. Faber Biggert, chair
man of the campaign, and the pas
tors of the 37 parishes in the county.
He also lauded the Dominican Sis
ters of St. Mary of the Springs for
assuming the burden of staffing
the school with teachers.
Another principal speaker at the
dedication ceremonies was Msgr.
Paul J. Glenn, rector of St. Charles
Seminary, who described the new
high school as a “monument to
patriotism.” He stated:
“School training that is not basi
cally religious and moral is futile
for the cultivation of sound citizen
ship. It is a schooling which tries
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ish Corning, will be the deacon, and
Father William McEwan, assistant
at St Rose parish, New Lexington,
subdeacon.
Father Holtzapel will offer a Sol
emn Mass of Thanksgiving at 8 a.
m. Monday. Father Kenneth Wise,
assistant at St. Augustine’s, will
be the deason. and the Rev. Mr.
John Fulcher, a student at Mt. St.
Mary of the West Seminary, will
serve as subdeacon.
In charge of the dedication pro
gram are three parishioners
James Nangle, James Whitehead
and Sigmund Sabo.
The main body of the new church
is constructed of brick both inside
and out. The main entrance portion
is constructed of local limestone.
The roof trusses are of laminated
wood and extend from the floor
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The holic Times
Columbus 16, Ohio, Friday, June 24,1955
Hearings On
Censorship
Bill Continued
The Senate Education Com
mittee continued to hear wit
nesses this week in its con
sideration of substitute House
Bill 29 on the examination
and licensing of motion pictures.
The measure would set up a three
member licensing board in the De
partment of Education and would
restore “prior consorshhip” The
bill also defines specifically what
is not to be shown.
Proponents of th* measure
charge Senate Education Com
mittee Chairmen, Senetor Charles
A. Mosher, R. Oberlin, with stall
ing tactics in his direction of the
hearings.
Earlier this week, the Ohio State
Journal,.in a lead editorial, urged
the passage of a movie censorship
law “in the interests of the moral
welfare of the state.”
Pointing out that neither the U.
S. Supreme Court nor the Ohio Su
preme Court has ruled flatly that
motion picture censorship is uncon
stitutional, the Journal said that
the Constitution does not give ab
solute freedom to exhibit every
motion picture of every kind at all
times and all places.
The editorial continued:
"Thera can be no question that
the government, including that
of the state of Ohio, has the duty
and responsibility of protecting
society. This is one of the prin
cipal reasons for the existence
of government.
“For instance, food and drink
may be inspected prior to its sale
to insure that they are safe for
human consumption. Shall govern
ment show no less concern for the
moral well-being of its citizens, par
ticularly the adolescent youth?”
The editorial also pointed out
that similar stands against uncen
sored films have been taken by
the Citizens Committee for Decent
Motion Pictures in Ohio (of which
the Ohio Welfare Conference is a
member) and the Ohio Association
of Juvenile Court Judges.
Quoting the judges, the Jour-
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Immoral Films Direct
Cause of Delinquency
Editor Tells Senators
LOS ANGELES (NC) There are disturbing indica
tions that increasing immorality on the screen is directly con
nected to rising juvenile delinquency, William H. Mooring,
motion picture editor of The Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocese
newspaper, told the Kefauver Senate subcommittee on juven
ile delinquency.
“Criminal violence, bruta 1 i y
sadism and other psychopathic dis
orders have been increasingly
stressed in movies and TV during
the past two years,” Mr. Mooring
told Senate investigators in a hear
ing at the Federal Building here.
“In many instances this vicious
ness has been accompanied by over
colored or salacious treatment of
sex, although this the film and TV
people appear anxious to deny.
“With good reason, they claim
Hollywood movies reflecting the
better aspects of American life
have helped create throughout the
world favorable impressions of
American experience and ideals,”
Mr. Mooring continued. “Thus, they
implicitly acknowledge that pro
grams glorifying criminals or con
doning loose morals are effectively
dangerous and destructive.”
Th* veteran Catholic film crit
ic documented his testimony by
citing such recent movies
"Blackboard Jungle," "On th*
Waterfront," "Th* Wild One,"
Big House USA," Black Tuesday,"
"Love Me Deadly" end "Cell
2455, Death Row". These, he
said, have a potentially harmful
influence on behaviour patterns,
"especially those of young men
end women at a high pitch of
sexual curiosity and imitative
ness."
Mr. Mooring declared that even
when crime is validly presented
with taste and restraint imitative
behaviour often results. He cited
the case in which a man. since exe
cuted, committed a violent crime
against a tot after viewing a sim
ilar crime in the movie “Johnny
Belinda” when it was shown in
Buena Park, Calif.
"Could there be any doubt that
films and TV shows giving forth
much more shocking and sensa
tional details, such as we've no
ticed recently, must have demor
alizing consequences among in
cipient offenders, oven to an ex
tent, upon normally tmpression-
able people,” the movie editor
said.
Lowering of screen morals, Mr.
Mooring argued, also must condi
tion many, especially young people,
to desires for unrestrained sensa
tionalism.
Mr. Mooring pointed out that
drive-in theaters, once regarded
primarily as family theaters, have
lately booked bad or condemned
films. This change of policy tallies,
in some cases, with appalling con
ditions of behaviour among youth
ful patrons, he said.
Many films, including "Son of
Sinbad," "Not as Stranger,"
"Th* Seven Year Itch," "Five
Against the House," "Big House
USA," "Kiss Me Deadly" and
others violate the production
code in letter or spirit, Mr.
Mooring said.
He suggested to the Senate sub
committee that unless Hollywood's
code of self-control prevails, legis
lation to guarantee cleaner enter
tainment in this country may soon
be demanded by the public.
Earlier in the hearings, Los An
geles Police Chief William H. Park
er, a member of St. Teresa's parish
here, told the investigators that
juvenile crime was largely the
product of adult delinquency.
“I believe it is a mistake to at
tempt to separate juvenile delin
quency from adult behavipur. I be
lieve it is all one pattern, as youth
acquires patterns of behaviour de
pending upon the adults with whom
they are brought in contact during
their formative years.”
VACATION MASS
SCHEDULE
Buckeye Lek*—Lady
Reactions Are Widespread as Peron
Increases His Attacks Against Church
Auxiliary Bithop Manual Tato (left) of Buenos Aires and hit
pro-vicar general, Monsignor Ramon Pablo Novoa, who were
ousted by Argentina's President Juan Peron are greeted on their
arrival in Rome by Luigi Gedda (right) president of Italian Catholic
Action,
Bishop Ready Asks Prayers
For UN’s Birthday Conclave
Special prayers for the success of the United Nations
deliberations on the occasion of its tenth anniversary were
asked this week by Bishop Ready.
In a pastoral letter read in all parishes of the Columbus
Diocese Sunday, the bishop designated Sunday. June 26th as
a day in which the clergy and
faithful should join in special pray
ers, beseeching God’s blessings on
the deliberations of the UN’s anni
versary convocation, now in prog
ress in San Francisco. Representa
fives of 40 nations are studying
ways and means of international
cooperation for world peace.
Prayers for civil authorities
and for peace should be rocited
in all churchs and chapels of the
Diocese Sunday, Bishop Ready
directed.
Describing the United Nations as
an organization possessing “great
power for good,” Bishop Ready as
serted:
"The peoples of the world seek
understanding in working out the
often complex problems of their
individual national entities. The
United Nations is the only pres
ent international political agency
which gives any promise of solving
such problems and of achieving
peace among nations.” He contin
ued:
"Peace," as our Holy Father
Piux XII proclaims as tha motto
of his pontificate, "is the work of
justice." The present meeting
at San Francisco will offer us all
an opportunity to search our in
dividual and national conscience
in regard to our personal and
collective efforts for peace and
the removal of the cruel injustice
which denies God His rightful
place in men's lives and among
nations.*
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Communists.
Masonry Allied
In the Philippines
MANILA (NC) A tie-up be
tween freemasonry and commun
ism is claimed a book entitled
“Freemasonry and Communism,”
published by an American Jesuit.
In his book, Father Arthur A.
Weiss, S.J., says that masonry and
communism not only have a com
mon origin but work hand in hand
with a common technique and a
common purpose.
He makes a careful distinction,
however, between masonry and in-
dividual masons who may not be
communists. “Just as there may be
communists who are sincere in
their beliefs ... so there may be
excellent and upright men who are
masons and yet very much opposed
to communism.” the priest states.
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When Sister Marcellina
turns the key in the front door
lock of St. Francis Hospital
next Thursday, her action will
have a two-fold meaning. It
will signify the end of 90 years
of services by the Sisters of the
Poor of St. Francis in the vener
able old hospital, and it will also
mean the beginning of a new era
of progress for the community of
nuns at the enlarged St. Anthony
Hospital.
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of Mt.
Carmel Church—7 a. m.. 8:30,
10:30 and 12 noon. (Effective
May 1 to Oct. 1)
Cedar Point—Breaker's Motel.
Chapel—7 and 11 a m.
Long a city landmark, the 106-
News slipped through the tight
er-than-ever censorship imposed
said Catholic churches were being
burned in Buenos Aires “in retalia
tion.” Peron himself confirmed
these outrages when he came on
the air to say he had put down
the revolt He blamed the church
burning on communists.
Meanwhile there were wide
spread report* that the revolt,
while unsuccessful, may have
actually succeeded in reducing
the power of Peron and shifting
it to General Franklin Lucero,
commander-in-chief of "the ermy
of repression"—the counter-rev
olutionary force. General Lucero
is described as a devout Catholic
and there was some hope ex
pressed that Peron's anti-Catho
lic campaign might soon come
to an end.
Argentine refugees in Uruguay
say they have learned that the
Army is preparing to establish a
three-man junta, including Peron.
to rule Argentina The two other
members would be Lucero and
Rear Admiral Alberto Teisaire. the
vice-president.
The Argentine refugees said ne
gotiation.' among the prospective
members of the junta are in prog
ress on how to divide the spheres
of authority and how to settle the
Peron government's controve s y
with the Church.
In Washington, on tha floor of
Congress, lawmakers demanded
some formal expression that the
U. S. Government will not look
favorably upon the persecution
of religion. The State Depart
ment announced that it will
maintain a "hands-off" policy
unless American citizens or prop
erty are threatened.
Also in Washington, Dr. -Don
Cesar A. Bunge, economic coun
selor to the Argentine Embassy
the U.S resigned his post in pro
test against the policies and acts
of the Peron regime. It was believ
ed that he would go to Peru, where
he has relatives.
In New York, refugees from Ar
gentina who had been in Buenos
Aires as events mounted to a cli
max told the N.C.W.C. News Serv
ice that “It's just like Russia” in
Argentina under th* Peron regime.
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Francis Soon to Merse wit i St. Anthony’s
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St. Francis Hospital, which has gained an outstanding reputation for its charity and for its
handling of city emergency cases, is nearing th* close of 90 years of service to th* community. Soon
to be merged with the new, enlarged St. Anthony Hospital, the institution is planning a mass move
ment of records, equipment and medical supplies to the new quarters. Responsibility for th* transfer
falls on the shoulders of these three nuns, who are perusing hospital records. They are, (left to
right) Mother M. Innocent* of St. Clare Convent, Hartwell (Cincinnati), provincial superior of the
Sisters of the Poor of St. Francis Sister M. Frances, business administrator of St. Francis Hospital
and Sister M. Marcellina, administrator of St. Francis Hospital.
year-old structure will pass into
the hands of Ohio State University,
which once operated it as a med
ical college.
The closing of the familiar Goth
ic building and the merger with
St. Anthony Hospital poses many
problems for Sister Marcellina, the
superior, and her aides. Sister must
supervise the transfer of X-ray
equipment, beds, operating tables,
medical supplies and office furni
ture to new quarters at St. An
thony, in addition to the 101 ad
ministrative details associated with
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N. C. W News Service
President Peron’s sudden and sharp accentuation of his
months-old persecution of the Catholic Church in Argentina
brought quick, widespread and unfavorable reaction.
The Vatican moved at once to announce that all of those
Argentina who had trampled upon the rights of the Church
and had used violence against ecclesiastical persons had in
curred automatically excommunication reserved in a special
way to the Holy See.
Within hours obviously too
soon to be the result of the Vatican
statement elements of Argen
tina’s armed forces revolted in a
long pent protest against the dic
tatorial acts of the Peron regime.
Requiem Mass
Is Offered for
Sr. Columbkill
Bishop Ready presided at a
Solemn Requiem Mass Tues
day in St. Joseph Cathedral
for Sister Mary Columbian,
S C., supervisor of the medi-
Sister Columbkill
cal division at Mount Carmel
Hospital, who died Saturday.
The Mass was offered by
Monsignor John W. Kerrigan,
chaplain of Mount Carmel Hos
pital. Father Hugh Murphy and
Father Thomas Sabrey served as
deacon and subdeacon, respective
ly-
The Bishop gave final absolution
and spoke briefly, lauding Sister’s
work for the Church and the com
munity in her 34 years of labor
at Mount Carmel.
Active pallbearers were Doctors
Michael Anthony, Perry Ayres,
Robert Murnane, Carey Paul, Alex
ander Pollock and William Spar
ling.
Honorary pallbearers were Gov
ernor Lausche. Mayor Sensenbren
ner. Norman Altman, Ben Arnoff,
H. O. Bratton, Thomas J. Carroll,
John D. Connor,, Wilby S. Cowan,
Andre Crotti, Robert Daly, H. B.
Davidson. Frank Dunbar, E. H.
Echenrode, John Falter. Huston
Fulton, Paul Gmgher, Col. Chester
W Goble, David Graham. E. W.
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the gigantic moving task.
Approximately 60 nurses and
at least part of th* staff of 16
sisters will make the change to
the Hawthorne Ave. institution.
The name of St. Francis will be
perpetuated in the School of Nurs
ing, which will continue to operate
and will serve St. Anthony’s Hos
pital. Ownership of the present
nursing home on E. Town St. be
hind the hospital remains with the
Sisters of the Poor of St Francis,
and nurses r-esiding there will bo
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